In the streets and alleys of the entire capital, men, women and children are discussing the matter of the Beizhili Township Test this time, after all, this is a major event once every three years.

There is no doubt that Liu Jin, who won the first place in the first place, and his two protégés have become the focus of everyone's discussion.

As for the people who were going to watch Liu Jin's jokes, they closed their mouths at this time, and they were able to win Xie Yuan, which basically means that Liu Jin's next year's exam is nine out of ten, and even after reading Liu Jin's article, many people think that Liu Jin still has a lot of hope to compete for the top armor in next year's spring.

It's hard to say whether you can win the champion, after all, this is the north, and the northern scholars of the Ming Dynasty are not as good as the southern scholars, this is an indisputable fact, otherwise there will be no north and south two lists when you will try.

The strength of the southern scholars is beyond doubt, Jiangxi and Zhejiang are even more famous as the hometowns of the examination masters, and the strength of the north is much weaker in comparison.

Mochizuki Tower because Liu Jin became famous here, so it is natural to play the signboard of Xie Yuan, and for a while, Mochizuki Lou has also become a place where literati and talents gather, everyone wants to come over and be happy, this time I don't win, maybe next time I will win.

Xishan Coal Industry was founded by Liu Jin, and naturally it will not miss this opportunity to advertise, and now the competition in the honeycomb coal business is too fierce, and there are too many large and small honeycomb coal workshops, and now it is like a red sea.

However, because of the good quality, low price and thoughtful service, Xishan Coal Industry has always occupied a large share of the market.

In fact, it is nothing more than to engrave the three words "Xie Yuan Media" on the honeycomb coal, which is very simple, and it is also the first real honeycomb coal brand, and the effect is undoubtedly very good.

Liu Jin's house.

"Liu Gongzi, my name is Qiu Ju, I am my young lady's maid, and my young lady has something for me to pass on to you."

Qiu Ju met Liu Jin very smoothly, handed over a bag of red beans to Liu Jin, and after speaking, Qiu Ju also looked at Liu Jin, looking forward to Liu Jin's answer.

Liu Jin took the bag, a little confused, but when he opened the bag and saw the red beans inside, he immediately understood, the red beans are born in the south, and a few branches are sent in spring.

This is something used to express lovesickness, and it is also something that ancient women would give when they expressed their lovesickness to the person they loved.

"Miss Qiuju, please help ask Miss Wan'er, the scenery of Xiangshan is very good recently, I don't know if she has time to go to the mountain to enjoy the autumn together."

Liu Jin smiled slightly, thought about it and said to Qiu Ju.

"I'll definitely bring Childe's words."

When Qiu Ju heard this, she immediately left happily, obviously Liu Jin was also interested in her own young lady.

Seeing Qiu Ju leaving, Liu Jin couldn't help but smile and shook his head, traveling to this era, with a good skin, plus the help of the golden finger, it seems that there is no need to worry about finding a wife.

As soon as Qiu Ju left here, the housekeeper of the Dingguo Mansion came and sent an invitation to invite Liu Jinru to discuss the matter of the cement factory in the Dingguo Mansion.

As soon as Dingguogong's housekeeper left, Li Zhen's maid Xiaocui hurriedly came to Liu Jin's mansion, found Liu Jin, and handed the letter written by Li Zhen to Liu Jin.

Liu Jin opened the letter, Li Zhen's handwriting is very delicate, full of aura, although the content of the letter is just to ask Liu Jin about the test, but since ancient times, the meaning expressed by this girl who took the initiative to write to the boy is naturally not to say it directly.

"Sure enough, since ancient times, the handsome is better mixed."

This made Liu Jin can't help but sigh in his heart, a person with a good skin, whether it is a man or a woman, has a great advantage in the workplace or in marriage.

This ancient selection of champions are very particular, in addition to the requirements of talent, this appearance is also very important, even if the ugly person is talented, it is impossible to be the champion by the Son of Heaven, the champion is to lead the new science and technology to parade the street, but also on behalf of the world's scholars, this appearance is naturally not too ugly.

"Liu Gongzi, my young lady is still waiting for your reply."

Xiao Cui saw that Liu Jin was stunned after reading the letter, and after thinking about it, she also reminded.

"Oh, please wait a moment~"

Liu Jin came back to his senses, he was indeed in a daze just now, without it, Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen seemed to be interesting to themselves at the same time, which made Liu Jin not know how to deal with it.

Liu Jin, who came from later generations, was really inexperienced in this area, so he didn't know how to deal with it.

For Xu Wan'er and Li Zhen, they only met here in the Dingguo Mansion, and the impression left on Liu Jin was that they were both beautiful, gentle and lovely, and it was not a loss to be a wife for themselves, but after all, they didn't have much contact and knew less, which made it difficult to choose.

Hesitating, Liu Jin, who was procrastinating, had no choice but to write a letter for Xiaocui to take back, and the content of the letter was also very simple, and it was impossible to write about his feelings during the township examination.

After receiving Liu Jin's reply, Xiaocui also left happily and happily returned to her own lady.

"Brother Jin, you are so blessed~"

Waiting for Xiaocui to leave, Zhao Erhu, who had been following Liu Jin's side, said with a smile.

"Ahem~ Have you taken a fancy to this Xiaocui, or have you taken a fancy to that Qiu Ju?"

Liu Jin's old face turned red and asked with a cough.

Zhao Erhu's vision is also very high now, when he went home for the Chinese New Year, Zhao Heishan introduced him to the daughter of the county butcher who refused to marry, which followed Liu Jin, and he was also a person who had seen the world.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhao Erhu's face suddenly turned even redder, and a seven-foot man was embarrassed.

"Haha~ It seems that I really like that, hurry up and tell me about it~"

Seeing Zhao Erhu's appearance, Liu Jin couldn't help but laugh happily and asked very gossipy.

"Lao Liu, why are you happy about something?"

But at this moment, Zhu Houzhao also walked in, and heard Liu Jin's laughter from a distance.

Zhu Houzhao is now a frequent visitor to Liu Jin's mansion, and when he comes to Liu Jin's mansion, he has always disliked being reported, and every time he kills directly in front of Liu Jin, no matter whether Liu Jin is sleeping or what he is doing.

"Uh, it's nothing~"

Liu Jin smiled awkwardly and said, this matter can't be known by Zhu Houzhao, otherwise, with his character, most of the people will definitely gossip and gossip with Liu Jin.

"I heard that your township tried to get a Xie Yuan back, do you want to have a dinner to celebrate?"

Zhu Houzhao didn't notice the embarrassment on Liu Jin's face, and said with a smile.

"Please, of course please, keep Your Highness for a good time."

Liu Jin hurriedly said with a smile.

"It's pretty much the same, don't you know, the food in this palace is so unpalatable, I want to pull all those cooks to chop, the same dish, the taste of the fried is far inferior to that of your house."

"In order not to disturb your exam in the past half a month, I have lost a lot of weight, and this must be made up."

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but spit out his bitterness with Liu Jin, and after complaining about the food in the palace, he also started to talk about business.

"My father's side has basically promised us to open a salt farm, but we still need to get the consent of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and I guess I still want you to come at that time, I can't say that those people, when the time comes, they will definitely accuse me of competing with the people for profit or something."

"Hmph, I won't believe their words, one by one, they know what benevolence and morality are, if this benevolence and morality can govern the country and level the world, then there will not be so many suffering people in this world."

When he said this, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but hum, the longer he was in contact with Liu Jin, the greater the impact he would be, and now he is very anti-reflective of those who open and close their mouths to be benevolent, righteous and moral, but more friendly to people like Liu Jin who talk about practical interests and money.

Of course, Liu Jin knows that he is in the rebellious period of adolescence, and he begins to have his own ideas and opinions, and he is easily influenced by others, but the teenagers in this period are also the most malleable stage.

The values and outlook on life of a person's life are basically formed during this period, which is why Liu Jin often mixes with Liu Jin, because Liu Jin wants to instill in him the set of ideas and concepts of his later generations, so that he can get rid of the old ideas.

"It is almost impossible to get the ministers of the DPRK and China to agree to our salt factory, because there are too many, too many people who are related to salt merchants, large and small, and our salt factory is tantamount to moving the interests of salt merchants, and they will definitely do their best to do the right thing."

"But we are not without opportunities, the breakthrough is that we pay two million taels of tax and silver a year to the imperial court, the treasury has been empty for a long time, if we can increase the income of two million taels of silver every year, I think there will still be many ministers in the court to support it."

Speaking of this, Liu Jin thought about it and said.

The difficulty of running a salt farm is no longer here with the emperor, but at the top of the imperial court, salt is related to the fundamental interests of salt merchants, once their interests are touched, it will inevitably set off a monstrous wave again.